Yes, Schedule Time in the Day to be by Yourself & Think
Building a successful business means giving your big ideas room to breathe. But when you’re not allowing time and space for your ideas to take root, they’re never going to flourish. That’s why intentionally scheduling time in your day to be by yourself and think …
How to Show Up for Your Clients from Home
As a result of the pandemic, the professional world is entering a new lifestyle – bridging the gap between working from home and in-office. Many small businesses, if they hadn’t before, are making the move to fully remote offices with virtual teams spread across the …
Why Checking Your Inbox in the First Two Hours of Your Day is a Mistake
We get it completely. That inbox is just…so…tempting. It’s like a bad relationship you can’t shake, but we’re telling you – we’re begging you – do whatever it takes to block it out of your mind, especially during those critical first two hours of your …
How to Get Ahead When You’re Too Busy Trying to Get By
Managing your workload and keeping priorities, well, prioritized could be a full-time job. In fact, it’s just one of the reasons established executives do have full-time assistants – to help them organize their schedules and ensure important meetings are taking place. But that’s not you…yet. …
Don’t Let Someone Dictate Your Worth but Know Your Market Value
Small business owners are used to going it alone in a lot of ways, and while we can and should be seeking out advice from mentors, peers and other professionals who can help guide us along, ultimately the decisions we make for our own businesses …
Building Traction Processes for Your Business
trac·tion /ˈtrakSH(ə)n/ By definition, traction involves a relentless pursuit of moving forward, not slipping back. Traction for your business means maintaining a solid grip on your market share and finding new ways to take hold of more. It’s really all about moving onward and upward. …
Avoiding the Entrepreneurship Burnout
When people talk about entrepreneurship, they tend to focus on the glamorous aspects of the job – being your own boss, setting your own hours, seeing your business truly take off. And yes, these are the fun and exciting parts of being an entrepreneur. But …
Onboarding New Employees
We all know how important first impressions are. Make sure you make a good one when you welcome new employees to your team by having an effective onboarding program in place. It doesn’t have to be hard, but it does have to be intentional. By …
Does the Pomodoro Technique Work?
Turns out interval training is not just good for your physical health, it’s good for your productivity, too. Working hard in intervals, taking a short break, and repeating that cycle again and again can help you cram more into the workday while actually freeing up …
How to Set Goals for Your Business That Work
Setting goals and achieving them are two entirely different things – but they don’t have to be. The standard operating procedure for most small businesses is to create a goal at the beginning of the year (hit $1m in revenue, hire 5 new staff, launch …
